DHAKA: A decision on a global climate deal will not be made until Saturday, international media report.

It had been hoped a deal would be announced by Friday evening after French Foreign Minister and chair of the Paris talks, Laurent Fabius, said agreement was "extremely close".

An announcement on any global climate treaty will not be made until Saturday, an official has said, reports the itv.com

The climate summit in Paris is at a "critical moment", US Secretary of State John Kerry has said.

John Kerry said delegates were "working hard" to reach a deal as they negotiated into the early hours in the French capital.

He described the chance to reach an agreement as "an opportunity we can't afford to miss".

The details of a new global climate agreement will be debated through the night after new draft proposals were published on Thursday.

The new version of the agreement seeks to keep temperature rises to "well below" 2C above pre-industrial levels, as well as pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C, which vulnerable countries say is necessary to their very survival.

But ITV News Science Correspondent Alok Jha says that target will not be easy to achieve and there are still some "sticking points" in the deal.

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